If Apple's policies stay firm, Google won't be allowed to release any Blink-based software. It's not clear why Google wants to test Blink on iOS in the first place, though. It won't be available to the public, and the company will "continue to abide" by Apple's rules. In a statement, a Google spokesperson told Engadget the Blink port is only a "prototype" that's part of a larger open source initiative. The project is limited to the stripped-down "content_shell" app rather than Chrome, and the Chromium team working on the effort stresses that it's not a "shippable product." It's only meant to test graphics and input performance, the company says. The Register has noticed that Google recently started work on an experiment that would port Blink to iOS. Apple's App Store policies require that the Chrome browser on iOS uses the WebKit engine rather than the usual Blink, but that isn't stopping Google from indulging in a "what if" scenario.
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